Telcos rely on social media to hire talent

 Prakash Mehra, a 39-year-old telecom professional, was looking for a change and sent his resume to several companies. He got a call one morning from a human resources (HR) executive at a potential employer, who said his LinkedIn profile did not match his CV and that he needed to update it. Mehra eventually got the job.  HR executives at telecom companies are increasingly using social media sites Facebook and Twitter, apart from professional networks such as LinkedIn, as reference points...

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IT firms expanding to smaller cities and semi-rural towns

 Infrastructure limits and scarcity of land in tier-1 IT cities has led to expansion towards smaller cities and semi-rural towns over the last few years. Venturing into these locations is also helping companies in rural sourcing to stay ahead and meet the ever growing talent war. With social media exploding, cloud computing making deeper inroads and mobile technology becoming a necessity, we will see a pressing need for employees with skills in data programming or administration and mobile...

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5 of the Best Android Apps Amazon‘s Giving Away For Free

 As they've done before, Amazon's App Store is having a blowout on some fantastic Android apps this weekend. The Everything (App) Store is offering over $135 worth of apps for zero dollars-27 apps, entirely free. Here's the best of the temporary freebies: Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, normally a whopping $42 Threes!, the addictingly awesome number puzzle game, normally $2 SketchBook Pro, Autodesk's deeply functional paint and sketch program, usually $5 Swype Keyboard,...

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How Much Access Facebook Employees Have to Your Account

Answer by Joe Sullivan, Chief Security Officer at Facebook, on Quora. I’m Facebook’s Chief Security Officer and I oversee data security at the company. Thanks for the question. We take our role as stewards of people’s information very seriously and have invested heavily in protecting the data trusted to us. There is no “skeleton key.” In fact, we have advanced internal tools that restrict access to information to only those employees who need it to do their jobs (e.g., investigating...

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Apple, Google: Your New Privacy Policies Are Making People Less Safe

  The FBI has not taken kindly to new smartphone security measuresenacted by Apple and Google, which will encrypt data deeply beyond the reach of law enforcement officials -- even those in possession of a legal search warrant. In tapping the vast pool of emails, messages, call logs, photos and more that reside on most smartphones, police are able to resolve life-threatening crimes -- including murder, child pornography and potential terrorist attacks -- that would likely otherwise go...

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iPhone 6 in India: Offline retailers threaten boycott

Some mobile phone retailers have threatened to boycott Apple's much-awaited iPhone 6 and 6 Plus models after their expected pre-Diwali launch because they are miffed that the iPhone 5S is being offered at heavily discounted prices on popular e-commerce sites Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal. According to sellers that ET spoke to, some of the 1.5 lakh retailers claimed they have returned their iPhone 5S models, saying they can't compete with the discounts, which have lowered the price of the device...

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With 80,000 more, Accenture equals TCS in staff strength

Accenture is now back on par with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in terms of headcount, after the New York-based information technology company hired 80,000 people in the financial year ended August 31. At the end of its fourth quarter, Accenture employed 3,05,000 people, while TCS reported 3,05,431 people on its rolls at the end of June. TCS had outstripped Accenture in terms of headcount last year. The Indian company will report updated headcount figures when it releases its second-quarter...

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Google Tightening Control on Android Manufacturers

  Google wants to limit manufacturers’ say in what gets pre-installed on Android-powered technology, according to a new report. Take Samsung, the most successful Android OEM — its Galaxy models operate on Android, but many of the apps are Galaxy-specific. The Information reports that it has viewed confidential documents revealing some added requirements to Google contracts to limit some of this customization by Android partners. Google wants a greater emphasis on its search engine,...

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Latest Standing: World's 100 Most Innovative Companies

 Innovation rankings shouldn’t be a popularity contest with editors throwing darts at the wall. Our method relies on investors’ educated hunches as to which firms will continue to create profitable new growth. This is captured in an Innovation Premium (IP), the difference between a firm’s enterprise value and a net present value of cash flows from its existing businesses (based on analysis from Finstra Consulting in collaboration with Innovators DNA and using data and a proprietary valuation...

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